According to health officials in New Jersey, two new cases confirmed in Bergen county, have been found linked to another confirmed case detected earlier this month. The single new case in Kentucky was detected in an individual who had recently visited an area abroad where the virus is spreading.

When the local hospital warned of a brewing measles outbreak, Kaleigh Brantner urged fellow residents of this rural West Texas community to beware of vaccinating their children. Two weeks later, her unvaccinated 7-year-old son came home from school with a fever.